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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02
An Honest Mar.

One Of the strongest characteristics
Of the Arkansas negro is to feign great
Indignation upon being accused. when
he has reason to believe that no proof
can be produced, of committing theft.
The other day, Col. Billings, meeting
old Sandy, said:
Look here, old man, cant you find
work to do?'
oh, vas, sab. plenty o it,
.Then why don't you do it?"
docs do it, sah.'
why don't you buy some wood?
docs buy wood. sah."
why, then, do you steal my wood?''
..Steal yer wood! Wy, sab, l never
sltolc cr stick cr wood frum yer in nv
life. Look heah, Colonel, Use er mem.
Der in good standin' o. de church, an
yer's layin' yerse'f mighty liable when
yer come 'cusin' me er stealin' Nv vel
wood. Yer oughtener 'spicion er ole
pusson like is.
Il don't suspect you, Sandy. know
that you are the thief, for l saw you
stealing my wood"
..Saw me, did yer? o., wall, If vel
saw me, its all right, Didn't know
but some o desc nleaa niggers hat
come err roun' err tellin' lies on me-
Arkansaw Trauclcr
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02

When Garfield name became promi-
nent, after the weary balloting, Inger-
soil sat on the platform just behind
two ladies who were strangers to him.
The State of Ohio, with forty-four
votes was called, and the Chairman
got up and cast forty-three votes for
Garfield. Garfield was . member Of
the delegation and refused to vote for
himself. The two ladies, who occupied
seats in front Of Ingersoll, did not
understand or appreciate the situation.
Il WONDER" said one of them. ..what
Ohio means by casting only forty-three
votes?'
Il cannot imagine" replied her
companion. Tho Secretary certainly
said the state had forty-four votes"
Il do wonder what it can mean.
repeated the first lady.
Ingersoll. who had been hearing the
conversation and getting very nervous.
could stand it no longer. Leaning
over. he addressed the ladies as
follow:
Il beg your pardon, ladies, hut l
can tell you what it means. It means
that James A. Garfield 10 gentle
man. "-LoHisutlle ObswssrJ ossrn9k.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02
George Laws Game OF Poker.

They were telling about big games of
poker, and the Albany man sighed for
the flesh pots of Egypt as he said:
'.They are gone" Then he went on to
say that since the war, while poker had
been popularized, poker pots had been
minimized, until now the game was
scarcely worth the candle you played it
by. why" said he, nowadays it is
big thing to see $1,000 change hands
in nights poker playing. But l re-
member one night before the war,
when l was going up to Albany on a
steamboat with Commodore Wander
bilt, Dean Richmond. and George Law
and some others of that crowd and they
sat down to game of poker. l sat
down to watch and not to play, for l
hadn't money enough for their ante.
! sat beside George Law, and he turned
TO me as the game began and said:
Don't be scared if lose lot of
money tonight l responded forcibly,
il not elegantly. that ! didn't care a
damn If he lost his whole fortune. But
I confess it stirred me up to sec him
losing and old Vanderbilt winning
81 900 at clip, until toward morning
Law had lost $4,000 to Vanderbilt.
Law took il coolly, and SO did the rest.
| did not understand Laws GOODNESS.
for knew he was not as rich as all
that, until met him day or two latter
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02

That was graceful thing Mark
Twain did with regard to his last mag
azine article. English as She Is
Taught in the April Ccutury. 1t
seems that Miss lie Row, teacher in
the Central Grammar School, in Brook
lyn. had been collecting the absurlest
Of the mistakes of pupils in their recita-
tons. answers and compositions. When
she had grand pile she determined to
publish them in book form, and she
wrote to Twain to know if she might
dedicate the work to him. She sent
him proof sheets.
He made up magazine article to
help the book along and sent her proofs
of that. lie also got her to change the
title from Teaching the Young Idea'
to English as She Is Taught" She
cut his magazine proofs materially, TAX
ing out what she thought reflected un-
pleasantly Oh her profession. The arti-
Gle AS he wrote it was worth $3.50, but
she much reduced it, and Mark made a
fight for his full price and got it. When
the check came he made it over to her
and mailed il to her. so that she got the
money as well rs the tremendous puff.
He had never seen her in his life.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02
His Own.

All who remember the late DR.. Bush.
Of the American Board of Missions,
will recall the rare eloquencc with
which he addressed congregations upon
his favoritc topic. But few were ever
cognizant of most pathetic fact in his
own life. He had lovely daughter
just budding into early womanhood.
upon whom all his hopes were centered.
He had given her every advantage of
education and social position, and she
had graduated with high honors, and
with more than the usual accomplish
ments of social aspirants. She was as
the apple of his eye to her father, who
anticipated many happy years in her
society, now that she was exempt from
school duties.
1t was at this time that DIR. Bush
preached sermon famous for its plead
ing patllos, asking for missionary labor.
He addressed himself to his audience
with a feryor that was overpowering.
He demanded youth, beauty, talent all
to be laid upon the altar of sacrifice.
He addressed himself especially 10 the
young ladies present, and drew vivid
picture of the reward which awaited a
life OF self-abnegation, ending with an
eloquent appeal that touched every
heart and bowed every head in tears.
Then one beautiful girl arose and
went forward, her face glowing with
the zeal of inspired purpose.
II will go My father" she said, in a
firm voice.
1t was his own cherished daughter.
He had never thought Of this! Strick-
en- to the heart he walked home like one
distraught. and entered his library. A
small volumn OF poems lay upon the
table. Mechanically he took it up and
read:
20 fond, O fool, and blind
To God gave with tears,
But when a man like grace would find
My soul put by her fears"
1t was like a voice of heavenly GEN.
sure to the grudging father. From
that momen. he accepted the sacrifice
in the spirit it was offered, and which
he had inspired. His daughter became
a missionary and carried out to the let
ter the advice he had given SO bravcly
to others, and which had come home
to his own.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02
Cavalry Adventures

A few weeks after our triumphant
entrance into Culpeper Courthouse a
portion Of the cayalry-5th N. Y. and
1st Vt.-wcre detailed to accompany
about 500 infantry, under the command
Of Gen. Crawford, on a forced recon-
noissance. We left camp near Culpep-
er early in the morning of Aug. 2, 1862.
We crossed the Rapidan River at Sum-
merville Ford. Here we took by-road
through woods and across fields. max
ing for Orange Courthouse, hoping to
escape observation by the enemy. We
had not proceeded far before we found
the cnem,'s pickcts! They did not
stop our advance, but kept the pickets
moving until near the town.
Here we struck quite force. After
short skil1nish, in which several men
were killed and wounded. the 9TH N. Y.
Cav. was ordered across a field to take
the enemy in flank. The 1st. Vt. Cav.
was to continue pressing the cnemJ in
front. The infantry served rs support.
When the 9Th N. Y. gained the flank it
made a gallant charge, rs did also the
lst vt. Both regiments entered the
town about the same time. Here We
had one Of the first saber fights OF the
war hand-to-hand conflict.
The cnemv soon rctreated, the 5th n.
Y. following on one road. and the 1st
Vt. on another. We followed the enc
my until we heard the engine whistle
with achievements from Gordonsyillc.
We then slowly retired through the
town, tearing up the railroad. The
object of the expedition accomplished,
the infantry began its backward march
to Culpeper, the cavalry covering the
rear. The enemy. reinforced. followed
us short distance and halted. We
continued on to the Rapidan, where
the balance of the Cavalry Brigade
joined us.
We then marched to Raccoon Ford.
Here we went into camp and "swapped
yarns over our coffee and bareback.
We soon dropped to sleep dreaming Of
the grand achievements to follow our
victorious sabers. About midnight We
were awakened by picket firing at the
Ford, first. one or two shots, then q
volley. We were wide awake in an in
slant. and saddled up without waiting
for orders. Word soon came IN whisper
"Saddle up and form company line
quick. but quiet We were soon ready
for a move.
An Orderly came dashing up and re
ported the firing caused BY some p
head Of cattle crossing the river, a
was their custom before the advent o
Yankee pickets. The videts at tn
Ford challenged the cattle to halt, Blu
not recognizing the familiar voice 0
the ..darkies,' they continued to cross
The pickets, all turned out and CAV
the cattle volley. which aroused tn
camp. The pickets after failing to &c
response from the first CHALLENGE
thought from the splashing of the vat
or it must be the enemy's cavalry. A
soon as we could control our thumpin,
hearts we unsaddled our horses and re
turned to sleep. thankful that it wa
only an imaginary foe. In the morn
ing we returned to Culpeper and too
our old camp and picket-line, remain
ing there until Banks army had fougl
,, the battle Of Cedar Mountains.
CLARK, Lieutenant, Co, F, 1st Vt. Ca,
Holabird, Oak.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02
SURE As THE TIDES.

Fortune ard friends and nil things fair,
Held with never such pride and care,
Will slip from his grasp Ike grains OF sand,
II he hold CUP IN the other hand.
AL that lie lovely and good y i'll fee.
As sure ss the tides 60 on: TO seq.
Rnin will come by cure degrees
Sorrow and pain. and foul disease.
Will palsy the hand 10 it, lnger-iips.
That carries cup to the waiting lips.
Remorse will come In the years TO be,
As sure AZ the tides come In from sea.
Wrecks OF fair hopes viii ssrew lif.'s shore,
Passions Ike wr-cknrs still lure on more,
For the waacd Ecna vii not be still
TIL IL shadows reason ard shrivebs will,
Till despair AZ can- tant gaest abidcs,
As sGre, aye a. sure. ~ the ocean tides.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02

A Philadelphia clerUnsn on Sunday
took for the subjece q his sermon,
whats in the BibleFs There will be
found in great many Bibles, about
this time of year, neasH quarter peck
of fall leaves, but tho sgyseend gentle
man did not allude . ~ fact Neither
did he say anythign ahuat the specta.
cles, receipts for making blackberry
jam, cough medicines and soap, time
stained letters and dried herbs. which
are frequently found in the Bible
rNorristoun Herald.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02

in New York. We'll, said he. with q
wicked wink, / made $685.. 900 out OF
it.. Out Of what?' / asked. That
game Of poker with old Vanderbilt.
said he. / sold him my steamers next
day for $90O,000. - Mac)arlanc in
Philadelphia Record.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02

Princess Victoria of Battenberg. who
has been suffering from gastric fever
recovering.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-02

Excessive wealth resulting in luxury aud idle
ness ON the one hand and excessive toll and
poverty on the other lead to intemperancs asd
vice. The measures OF reform here demanded
will prove to be the scientific solution OF Ito
temperance question
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03
SCIENTIFIC.

For several years past DR.. Hand
Smith has been engaged in studying the
movement of colored particles within
marble, ivory and other dense sub
stances, and the result is a process of
developing paintings and designs below
the surface of marble, thereby eonbin-
ing the two arts of painting and sculp-
ture. Through the use of metallic OK
ides, worked in a special medium and
fixed by a special treatment, designs In
every shade and tint are produced
within the stone. 1t Is a popularity of
the method that every hue penetrates
at right angles to the surface without
spreading laterally. This process will
be applicable to statuary, pottery. and
mmal tablets of all kinds, as well as
architectural decoration.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03
HOUSEHOLD.

ALMOND AND ORANGE-ICE.-One
pint of cream, one ounce of sweet
almonds (blanchedl, three eggs, a little
orange-iower water, half pound OF
pulyerized sugar, one cupful of water,
three gills of orange juice and the thin
rind of an orange. Pound the almonds
in a mortar along with the orange
flower water. Put them into a porce-
lain.lined saucepan and add the cream
and the yelks of the eggs, well beaten.
Place the saucepan on the fire and
allow the contents to simmer gently,
stirring constantly until the eggs
thicken, when pour out and set aside,
and when cold put in a freezer and freeze.
Now put the sugar and water into a
porcelain-lined sauce an, add the white
of one egg, beaten to a stiff froth, and
the orange rind. Place the saucepan
on the fire and allow the contents to
come to a slrup, when add the orange
Juice. Let boil up once and then strain
and freeze same as the almond cream.
Put a piece of cardboard in the center
of your mold and putthe almond cream
on one side and the orange ice on the
other, and when full take out the card
board and put on ice till wanted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03
The Alpine Glaciers.

According to Prof. Helm, of Zurich,
the total number of glaciers in the Alps
is 1855, of which 249 have a length of
more than 1900 metres. OF this num-
Der the French Alps contain 144, those
of Italy rs, of Switzerland All, and of
Austria Ago. The total superficial area
of these glaciers is between 1900 and
1000 square kilometres, those of Swift
erland amounting to 1889 kilometres.
The greatest length is reached by the
Aletsch glacier, which Is "a kilometres
long. AS to thickness, Agassiz, when
measuring a crevasse in the Aar glacier,
did not reach the bottom at 260 metres,
and he calculated the depth of the bed
of ice at a certain point of this glaciey
at AGO metres.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03
eYPs1Es as HORSE TRADERS.
Every Man, Woman and Child q
Master OF Horsc Lore and
Horscmanship.

But the main dependence of American
gypsies is upon horse trading and deal
ing. Every gypsy man, woman and
child is a master Of horse lore and horse
care, and of horsemanship. A lad of
II, or less of 10, is a trader, a jockey
and a veterinarian. a large number
Of animals besides those in actual use
always accompany the band. These
are traded, sold, or their numbers add
ed to, at a moments notice. or the
keenness, cunning and wonderful pro-
fciency of this race IN horse care, trad
ing and dealing, l could relate innumer-
able incidents. But it is an interesting
general fact in this regard, that gypsies
are gradually taking the place OF all
others as middlemen betweenthefarmers
of our country and our final markets,
Nearly all the draft horses used in u
large cities are gathered together by
gypsies from farmers in straights for
money, cared for a little time, got into
excellent form and training, and then
sent to the city dealers, who, supposed
TO belong to other races, are gypsies
themselves. Not only is the famous
Tattersall, of London, who furnishes
nearly all the nobility of England with
thoroughbred studs, a gypsy, but three
of the largest horse markets IN this
country, in Boston, New York and
Washington, are owned and conducted
by gypsies; while in the smaller cities
Of the country these patient, quiet peo-
pie are gradually securing property with
livery and sale stables attached, to
which the thousands upon thousands
of animals secured during the summer
wanderings are shipped. Every one OF
these animals Is purchased for the low
est and sold at the highest possible
price. The gypsy is welcomed by the
farmer; for the farmer always needs,
and the gypsy always has, money;
while the city purchaser is becoming
more and more used to relying on gypsy
selected animals. For while in a jock
eying tourney the gypsy will perform
some marvellous swindles, in legitimate
purchases and sales his word and guar
antee are sacred and inviolable.
In will thus be seen that American
gypsies must stand in a new light to all
those who would give them thought.
While ever the most interesting OF all
races that have come, or a come,
among us; while by tradition and herl-
tage they will ever remain the only ro-
mantle groupings in the heyday of our
American life while they will ever
weave into our cou~ntrysides a weird
charm and fascination, out of which
shall some day come true, pleasant and
tender tales, mixed with a dash of Their
own quaint coIoring, they are still a
people who must take place, as they
have already secured possession, and no
little kindly race recognition among us.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

Mr.. ". d. Ross, who is somewhat
of an expert in matters relating to to-
bacco pipes, mentions for the benefit of
some OF the disciples of Raleigh the fol-
lowing simple and effective method of
covering a meerschaum bowl: Paint
the bowl while smoking is in progress,
and, after the bowl has become warm,
with the creamy surface of good milk
or with cream by mean OF a common
hair pencil. This Is said to bring out
the brown and fellow colors beautifully.
OF course, the base of the bowl must
first be supplied with one of the ordl-
nary small plugs sold by ~tobacconists.
1t is added that the rationale of using
the cream in coloring m-eerschaums is
easily understood. Substantially the
same process will. no doubt, produce
the coveted hue of maturity on cigar
cite and cigar observation-disclosures.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

TOMATO SALAD.-Take six round,
smooth, ripe tomatoes, pour over them
some boiling water, and let them stand
in it about two minutes. Then take
a sharp knife and peel off all the skin.
which has been loosened by the hot
water. Set them on ice until very
cold and firm. Then, with a sharp
knife, cut them in even round slices,
but do not separate; let each tomato,
though cut, remain In its original
shape. Set each on a round scalloped
dish in a little nest Of the inner leaves
of a crisp lettuce, about three leaves
to each tomato. Then pour over them
a nice mayonnaise auc
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

BEAN SoUP.-Soak a pint of beans,
either black or navy, over night. TuIn
off the water in the morning, and let
them come to a boil in two quarts of
fresh water in which a half teaspoonful
of soda has been dissolved; strain
through a eolander. add two quarts OF
water and simmer until soft, adding
boiling water from time to time as it
eyaporates. Mash the beans, rub
through a coarse stralner and add q
tablespoonful of lour and one of butter
cooked together for t~hickening, with a
tablespoonful of salt and a pinch of
cayenne. Serve with cubes of toasted
bread.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

As a simple test which may be useful
In purchasing guano it may De mem
toned that the better kinds have a pun
gent smell like spirits OF ~hartshOrn,
with a peculiar piquancy somewhat re
sembling that of rich old decayed
cheese, while the odors arising from
Inferior varieties smell like singed horn
shavlngs or hair. The combustion test
is more to be trusted, of course. 1t is
effected by burning an ounce of guano
in an iron ladle over a bright fire until
only a light greyish ASH is left. A fine
variety shonld not give a residue of
more than from 80 to 80 per cent, but
an inferior sort may yield as high as go
or even 80 per cent. Of ash.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

PHILANTHRoPIsT.-M dear little
children, you should not play in these
dirty alleys. DON'T you like the public
parksp Child--Oh, yes; they are beau
tifnl. eyes, indeed, and you should
go to them as often as possible, breathe
the fresh air and learn to love the
beauties Of nature" "Yessir. ~ "Re-
member, my dear little ones, that God
made the country, but man made the
town. Now, my good little girl, tell
me what you first observe when you
visit those delightful homes of nature2'
"'Keep OF the GrassP'
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

Colchicme, according to M. A.
Houdes, appears in the form of prisms,
grouped in colorless MANILA. 1t is in
tensely bitter, turns litmus paper blue,
and though readily soluble in alcohol,
benzole. and chloreform. is sparingly SO
in water, glycerine, and ether. With
certain organic acids it forms comb
nations. though the more energetic OF
these acids deeompose it as well as the
mineral acids.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

A contribution to the comparative
anatomy of the races of mankind has
been made by NJ. l.. Testut through
the dissection of a Bojesman from
twelve to fourteen years OF age. The
studies revealed 2 muscular system, in
a more or less rudimentary state, which
exists in a normal condition in various
anthropoid and other apes Comment
ing on the paper when it was read be-
fore the Academy of Science, Paris,
NJ. de Quatrefagas remarked that 1t
SUPPLIED no fresh argument in favor of
tha descent of man from a Similar pro-
tot!pe.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

10 sharpen razors place IN water to
which has been added one-twentieth of
its weight of hydrochlorlc acid, remove
after one-half hour, wipe and rub upon
hone. The acid acts like a whetstone
and corrodes the whole surface unl-
formly. The process never Injuries
good blades and often improves bad
ones.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

Granulated cork is an excellent non
conductor of heat, and Is on this ac-
count a very desirable material In the
construction of refrigerator cars. 1t is
also used on the floors OF passenger cars as
a '~'deadener" of the noise of the running
gear. 1t is made by running the scraps
in a cork factory through a mill which
reduces them to a coarse powder.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

Oxygen, 1t seems, can, after all, be
brought to the liquid state undor such
easy conditions that the experiment is
likely to become an ordinary laboratory
one in consequence of recent discovery
by NJ. l.. Cailletet. He has found that
formene, when slightly condensed and
cooled in boiling ethylene under atmos'
pherlc pressure, is resolved into an ex-
tremely volatile, colorless fluid, which,
while again passing to the gaseous
form, produces a cold sufficient to cause
the liqueraction of oxygen Immediately.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

A pure black upon wood may be pro-
duced by the application of the following
mixture: Pour four quarts OF water
over an ounce OF powdered extract OF
logwood, and, when the solution Is
effected, add a dram of yellow chroniate
of potassium and stir the whole we'll.
1t may require several applications of
the mixture.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

to completely distribute the poison. Sprinkle
IL on plants, trees or shrubs when damp or
wet, and is quite effective then mixed with
lime, busted on without moisture. While In
Its concentrated state it Is the most active
and strongest of all Bug P~oisons; when mixed
as above is comparatively harmless to ami
mails or persons, In any quantity they would
take. If preferredto use in liquid form, a table-
spoonful ofthe full strength "RoUaH on RATs',
Powder, well shaken, in a key of water and
applied with a sprinkling pot, spray syringe
or whisk broom, viii be found very effective.
Keep it well stirred up while using. Sold BY
ell Druggists and Storekeepers. l5c., 25c. & 81.
T. 8. WELLS, Chemist, Jersey City. N. ].
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

To purify tCoter in glass vessels and
aquariums 1t is recommended to add to
every 100 grammes OF water four drops
Of a solution of salicylic acid in 800
grammes of water; the water may be
kept fresh for three months without
being renewed.